Are We Drinking in a Post-Mixology World?

The glory days of the faux speakeasy, thank the Lord, appear to be over. While be-vested bartenders, secret entrances, “house rules,” drinks invented before Prohibition, and obscure liqueurs have for the last decade-plus been the defining features of high-end cocktail bars, that aesthetic is fading away and giving way to a world where excellent drinks are the norm, and everyone’s happy to just chill out a little.